Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make little of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.58 in modern English

Syllables
make lit-tle of
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To belittle.

Transitive verb

verb

To accomplish easily.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes little of (present, singular) making little of (participle, present) made little of (participle, past) made little of (past)

Synonyms

banalize downplay understate bagatellize belittle cut down de-emphasize denigrate degrade deprecate derogate disparage

Questions

What does make little of mean?
To belittle.

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